Nigel Rogers
Nigel Rogers has worked in the care and support sector for more than 25 years. From 1999 to 2006 he was director of Sitra, the sector’s umbrella group. He now works as a freelance consultant.
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Maintenance of stair lifts
Q: My housing association has inherited several stair lifts from the council. I’m not sure where the law stands on who should pay the service charge for their upkeep. Is it
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Posted in: Career advice?
I'd start by checking out this general introduction https://nextstep.direct.gov.uk/PlanningYourCareer/JobProfiles/JobProfile1360/Pages/default.aspx. (If you just get a front page by clicking on this link, enter 'Care Home Manager' in the search box at top of page).
It has links that go though to the Care Quality Commission, whose website has details of the National Minimum Standards for care homes and managers, and the Skills for Care website (http://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/home/home.aspx) where different qualification options are made clear.
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Posted in: am i homeless
Assuming your daughter isn't an adult and that she is staying with you permanently, you most certainly should be accepted as a homeless family.I am intrigued as to why any Housing Options Team should take a different view.
There may be questions about whether you are intentionally so (which could disqualify you from any right to re-housing), or whether the pasrticular local authority where you are currently staying on your sister's floor is responsible for rehousing you( the local connection issue).
You must get direct, face-to-face advice asap from a local Housing Aid Centre or, failing that, Citizens Advice Bureau. Check the Shelter website for details of such services in your area.
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Posted in: Recent court ruling how does it affect staff homeless hostel
if you are a dry house then I presume the tenancy or licence to occupy makes this clear and makes non consumption of alcohol a condition of residence. (Though if you offer 'no treatment' I'd advise checking whether this is actually legal - any restriction on an individuals's right to consume alcohol in their own home should be necessary, legitimate and proprtionate to avoid falling foul of the Human Rights Act.)
Like the author of the previous answer I doubt you necesssarily need the right to seach rooms, but you certainly do need a policy and Kevin Flemen's model one is pretty comprehensive.
http://www.drugsandhousing.co.uk/htdp2011.pdf
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Posted in: supported housing 16-18 year olds
The question here is whether you can get accredited as a suitable provider (and subsequently commissioned to provide these services) by the relevant statutory body providing the funding for the support you wish to provide. This might be the Supporting People team but my guess is that it is more likely to be the Leaving Care Team in CYPS if you're planning to take 16-18 yr olds who have been in care. (Sometimes these two statutory bodies have common accreditation and commissioning arrangements). I'd start with the Leaving Care Team.
You don't say if you plan to live in the house yourself - if you did, there are often supported lodging schemes with well established frameworks for checking out potential new suppliers and you might be able to slot into one of these. -
Posted in: Where do I go from here?
A grounding in housing related support can, as other posters have indicated, lead into a career in either mainstream housing or mainstream care - and although the funding for the sector is, indeed, somewhat precarious there remain a wide variety of options for progression in housing support itself. Certainly a CIH or formal care qualification are very useful things to obtain - and may be close to essential if you decide to go into mainstream housing or care in the future. But there is now another question which I wonder if you ought to also be considering? Three or four years into a career in any field one might well wonder if it is now time to gain some management experience. Some time as a Team Leader or first tier manager will give you a range of transferable skills which are likely to be of use across a broad range of potential future roles in the welfare sector.